Full Text of HR0845 093rd General Assembly
HR0845 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The need for highly qualified paraprofessionals | 3 |
| and teachers in early childhood education is growing; and
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| WHEREAS, The articulation of early childhood education | 5 |
| courses at the community college level with program | 6 |
| requirements at baccalaureate-granting institutions needs to | 7 |
| be strengthened; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois P-16 Education Initiative has been | 9 |
| developing the Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree | 10 |
| models as a mechanism to better coordinate community college | 11 |
| programs with university teacher education programs; therefore | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| the Illinois P-16 Education Initiative, working with | 16 |
| representatives from the Illinois Community College Board | 17 |
| (ICCB), the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the | 18 |
| Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), community colleges, | 19 |
| and public and private universities, shall develop a model | 20 |
| Associate of Arts in Teaching degree in early childhood | 21 |
| education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the model AAT in early childhood education | 23 |
| shall be presented for consideration to the ICCB and IBHE no | 24 |
| later than June 30, 2005; and be it further | 25 |
| RESOLVED, That the Boards, after approval of the model AAT | 26 |
| degree in early childhood education, will work with all | 27 |
| interested parties to approve individual community college | 28 |
| programs no later than June 30, 2006; and be it further | 29 |
| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report |
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| to the Illinois House of Representatives and the Office of the | 2 |
| Governor on the status of acceptance of the AAT by each public | 3 |
| university within six months of the IBHE approval of the model | 4 |
| AAT degree in early childhood education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education shall report | 6 |
| on the progress of this initiative to the House Higher | 7 |
| Education Committee no later than February 15, 2005; and be it | 8 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That community college students transferring to | 10 |
| a senior institution with the AAT in early childhood education | 11 |
| shall have equal status with university native students at the | 12 |
| beginning of their junior year, and will be in a position to | 13 |
| graduate with a baccalaureate degree in early childhood | 14 |
| education in an amount of time that is similar to that of | 15 |
| native students; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That community colleges should be strongly | 17 |
| encouraged to continue Associate in Applied Science (AAS) | 18 |
| programs in early childhood education, in addition to | 19 |
| developing the AAT; if feasible, the core curriculum for the | 20 |
| AAT programs should be
used in the AAS programs to maximize the | 21 |
| credits that would be transferable in the event an AAS | 22 |
| recipient changes career paths; and be it further | 23 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| provided to the Office of the Governor, the Chairman of the | 25 |
| Board of Higher Education, the Chairman of the Illinois | 26 |
| Community College Board, the Chairman of the Illinois State | 27 |
| Board of Education, and the Illinois P-16 Education Initiative.
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